Priyanka Gandhi bats for online exams amid Covid surge

April 09, 2021 10:55

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said it is irresponsible on the part of the CBSE to force students to appear for Board examinations and demanded that the exams be either cancelledor rescheduled in view of the COVID-19 situation in the country.

She said the Board exams should be either cancelled or be "http://held.in" such a manner that it does not require the physical presence of students. "It is downright irresponsible of boards like the CBSE to force students to sit for exams under the prevailing circumstances.

Board exams should either be cancelled, rescheduled or arranged in a manner that does not require the physical presence of children at crowded exam centres," she said on Twitter. According to the revised date sheet for CBSE board exams 2021, the Class 10 exams would be held between May 4 and June 7 and those for Class 12 would be held between May 4 and June 15.

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